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Image-Based Methods to Study Membrane Trafficking Events in Stomatal Lineage Cells
Published on: May 12, 2023
Phototropin signaling and stomatal opening as a model case
Shin-ichiro Inoue1, Atsushi Takemiya, Ken-ichiro Shimazaki
1Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Hakozaki, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan.
Abstract:
Phototropins are plant-specific light-activated receptor kinases that regulate diverse blue-light-induced responses, and serve to optimize plant growth under various light environments. Phototropins undergo autophosphorylation as an essential step for their signaling and induce a variety of tissue-specific or organ-specific responses, but the divergent mechanisms for these responses are unknown. It is most likely that the phototropins generate a specific output after the event of autophosphorylation. In this report, we will review the common steps of phototropin signaling and the numerous interactive proteins of phototropins, which may act as signal transducers for the diverse responses. We also describe the phototropin-mediated signaling process of stomatal guard cells and its crosstalk with abscisic acid signaling.
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